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Will E15 gasoline with ethanol work in a Volvo?

By Volvotips on Monday, February 25th, 2013 | No Comments

The last two weeks I’ve tested a new fuel that’s available at the Dutch market: BlueOne95. BlueOne95 is a E15 fuel which contains 15% liquid ethanol, which is different than the regular ethanol as used in E10 gasoline. The 15% ethanol in E15 biofuel blend is a so-called “liquid ethanol” (or “wet ethanol”) because it hasn’t been [...]

Volvo goodies I bought at the Volvobeurs event

By Volvotips on Monday, October 15th, 2012 | No Comments

Last weekend the yearly classic Volvo event called “Volvo klassieker beurs” was held in Nieuwegein (the Netherlands). It’s a very nice event to meet new people and see old friends who shares the same hobby. This year the Classic Volvo Club (in Dutch: Volvo Klassieker Vereniging) moved to a new location since the old location, [...]

Flushing the automatic gearbox with Powerflush – the review

By Volvotips on Thursday, October 11th, 2012 | No Comments

A month ago I posted my 2001 Volvo V70 would receive a Powerflush treatment to replace and flush the automatic transmission fluid. Since I drove about 1.000km (625 miles) since the Powerflush treatment I decided to write a review about Powerflush and share my experiences. Well: here it is! The Volvo-dealer changed the ATF of [...]

Automatic gearbox flushing for the Volvo V70

By Volvotips on Thursday, September 6th, 2012 | No Comments

My 2001 Volvo V70 (the V70N-model) has a problem with the automatic gearbox lately: it’s pretty poor in shifting up and slips more than often. Besides that the revs at running idle aren’t very stable and could also be caused by the automatic transmission. And at certain revs (between 1.800rpm and 2.200rpm) a strange vibration [...]

Installing rear roof spoiler for my Volvo V70 – update

By Volvotips on Saturday, July 28th, 2012 | No Comments

A while ago I bought a rear roof spoiler for my Volvo V70. After I painted it I installed the spoiler on my 2001 Volvo V70. For installation there were 3 options: use bolts and drill holes in the tailgate to install the spoiler (but unfortunately the thread and holes of the spoiler doesn’t match [...]

Scantech Volvo parts stops production

By Volvotips on Monday, June 4th, 2012 | No Comments

As I mentioned a couple of months ago on Twitter a famous aftermarket Volvo & Saab-manufacturer stops producing parts. Most Volvo classic car drivers know Scantech for its cheap (but sometimes poor) aftermarket parts. Rumours last January said the investers of Scantech wanted to quit investing money in the company, but it seems Scantech stops being active [...]

Painting the Volvo V70 rear roof spoiler

By Volvotips on Monday, April 23rd, 2012 | 2 Comments

As mentioned in a previous blogpost I bought a rear spoiler for my 2001 Volvo V70. Since my car doesn’t have roofrails the V70 isn’t as pretty as it should be: V70s without a rear roof spoiler and without roofrails seems to have a bit “sacked down” back. A roof spoiler should solve this horrible [...]

Installing a Grom USB & Ipod / Iphone interface in a Volvo

By Volvotips on Sunday, April 22nd, 2012 | No Comments

This how-to guide is almost similar to the tutorial of the Yatour usb-unit I posted earlier. But now it’s about the very popular Grom Audio iPhone/iPod/USB interface which is mostly used on the Volvo HU-radio. I tried the Yatour usb-interface earlier and it’s working fine but not for me: the file support for mp3-files larger than 50mb [...]

Mistakes made by the workshop

By Volvotips on Saturday, April 21st, 2012 | No Comments

A couple of weeks ago my 2001 Volvo V70 went to the workshop for maintenance (see the blogpost here), but unfortunately the garage noticed the pulley of the camshaft adjustment was in terrible condition. Thanks to that the engine was leaking some oil, but fortunately not for a long time. To solve this problem the [...]

How to install a Yatour mp3 usb-module on a Volvo HU or SC radio

By Volvotips on Friday, April 20th, 2012 | No Comments

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to install a Yatour (also sold as Motrade, Ycarlink and other brandnames) mp3 USB- and SD-card module for your Volvo HU- or SC-radio. You’ll connect this unit on the cd-changer-port of the radio and this sd/usb-module will emulate as a cd-dischanger but works as a digital music changer. Since the Volvo [...]

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